‘Kill Them All’ Graphic Novel Adaptation Lands In The Hands Of ‘Star Wars’ Second Unit Director Victoria Mahoney
By Ethan Anderton/June 3, 2020 8:30 am EST
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If you’ve never heard of Kill Them All, here’s the official synopsis for the graphic novel:
The graphic novel initially began as a project on Kickstarter, but Oni Press, publishers of the comics that inspired Scott Pilgrim vs the World, ended up picking it up for publication. Now it’s becoming a movie that will be produced by Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec, writers and producers of of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and the most recent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The script comes from James Coyne, who appears to only have two feature film writing credits under his belt: an action thriller called Puncture starring Cung Le and Dolph Lundgren and something called Vikingdom.
A betrayed murderess wants revenge. A hard drinking former cop wants his job back. For either to get what they want, they’re going to have to fight their way through fifteen flights of criminals, assassins, drug lords, murderers, yup, even accountants, and… KILL. THEM. ALL.
This movie sounds like it could be a big breakthrough for Mahoney as a filmmaker, and even though Coyne doesn’t have much inspiring feature film experience under his belt, perhaps he’s tapped into the ’90s action style that has gotten the graphic novel some praise. Just as the sci-fi fans have an affinity for the movies of the 1980s, so do action fans when it comes to some of the blockbusters of the 1990s. If Kill Them All can capture that same vibe, it should be a fun ride.
